Francis Duggan

The Bloke From Tarwin Lower - Poem by Francis Duggan

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He's been all around Australia the bloke from Tarwin LowerFrom South Gippsland in Victoria to Australia's northern shoreNew South Wales, Queensland and the Territory through central and Western Australia on down to AdelaideIf he received a dollar for every mile he's travelled a million he'd have made.

The bloke from Tarwin Lower is only twenty threeAnd without a wife or children of any cares he's freeAnd he says the lust for wander is very strong in meAnd soon I'll leave Australia there are other Lands to see.

His prime years fast approaching and time is on his sideAnd since he left Tarwin at seventeen he has travelled far and wideAnd he has worked in all of Australia's big towns and cities, laid pipes and dug out drainsAnd worked on city building sites and operated cranes.

One who has known the pleasures of women wine and songIn the young bloke from Tarwin Lower the wanderlust is strongHe has been all around Australia and now there's other Lands to seeFor there's years of great adventure left in one of twenty three